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TRADITIONAL MUSIC FORUM (A Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) TRADITIONAL MUSIC FORUM (A Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) Charity No. SC042867 1 TRADITIONAL MUSIC FORUM (A Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2020 The Trustees are pleased to present their report together with the financial statements of the Traditional Music Forum (TMF) for the year to 31st MARCH 2020. Objectives and Activities The principal objective of the Traditional Music Forum is the advancement of education through: 1. Promoting the public’s interest in Scottish traditional music by means of advocacy, partnership and networking 2. Presenting, promoting, organising, managing and producing performances or broadcasts, lectures, exhibitions, and literature 3. Promoting companies whose activities may further the objects of the Forum, or may generate income to support those activities General Activity The Forum’s work in 19-20 was a continuation, and in some cases a culmination, of work begun in the previous year. Three significant strands of work were the Economic Survey, the TradMentoring programme, and the European Folk Network. The survey and report ‘Working as a Traditional Musician in Scotland’ was published, and well received by industry bodies, the Musicians Union and the Scottish Music Industry Association, as well as by Creative Scotland, who funded it. Forum Director, David Francis, gave presentations on the report’s findings to the AGM of the TMF and to the Cross-Party Group on Music at the Scottish Parliament. Follow ups from the report addressed professional development gaps which had been identified in the research. We programmed a series of workshops on Performance Skills, Intellectual Property Rights, and Negotiating Skills which were well attended, and the Director conducted in- depth interviews with a number of early-career professionals.
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